NEWS AT 5:00 STARTS RIGHT NOW. THE PUMP AS YOU PLEASE POLICY MAY BE OVER. LAWMAKERS ARE ON THE VERGE OF APPROVING RULES FOR HOW MUCH WATER CAN BE SUCKED FROM THE GROUND. PUMPING FROM RIVERS AND LAKES HAS BEEN REGULATED FOR DECADES. THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF WATER IS BELOW OUR FEET. BEFORE NOW, LANDOWNERS COULD PUMP AS MUCH AS THEY WANTED. LIVE AT THE STATE CAPITAL WHERE GROUNDWATER REGULATION TO A BIG SYRUP -- STEP FORWARD. THE BILL HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR MONTHS. AMONG OPPONENTS COMPLAINED THERE WERE BIG CHANGES MADE AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE. ONE LAWMAKER SAID THE BILL CHANGES 150 YEARS OF CALIFORNIA LAW. WILL DRAWERS -- WELL DRILLER HAVE BEEN BUSY FOR MONTHS. THE STATES ASSEMBLY VOTED TO APPROVE A BILL BY ROGER DICKINSON. IT WOULD REGULATE THE GROUNDWATER PUMPING. I THINK IT IS ENORMOUS. WE HAVE LIVED IN A WORLD WHERE WE LEFT GROUNDWATER TO WHOEVER GOES. IT HAS BEEN THE WILD WEST. THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE LOCAL LAN THE PLANNERS TO SET UP GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCIES. IT WOULD LET THE STATE STEP IN AND MANAGE GROUNDWATER IN COMMUNITIES THAT DO NOT DO ENOUGH. FARMERS ARE WORRIED THAT COULD MEAN THEIR PALMS GET SHUT OFF -- DOWN. I HAD A FARMER THAT SAID WE CANNOT COMPETE ON A GLOBAL OR LOCAL SCALE. THAT IS HOW BAD THE BILL HAS GOTTEN. THE BILLS HAMMER EVERYONE IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. THE RULES COULD TAKE UP TO SEVEN YEARS TO IMPLEMENT IF SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. HE ASSEMBLY MAN SAYS THEY COULD STILL HELP WITH THE CURRENT DROUGHT. I THINK IT WILL HELP ANY SENSE WE HAVE NOW CLEARLY SEND THE MESSAGE AND -- THAT WE ARE GOING TO MANAGE OUR WATER FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE. GOVERNOR BROWN HOUSE ADMINISTRATION HAS -- GOVERNOR BROWN'S ADMINISTRATION HAS SHAPED THESE BILLS. WE ARE WAITING FOR A FINAL SHOWDOWN ON MAY MUCH -- ON THE MUCH WATCHED LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BAN PLASTIC BAGS IN SUPERMARKETS. ANOTHER THING WE HAVE IN WATCHING HIS LEAGUE NEWS ABOUT EFFORTS TO LAND THE TESLA FACTORY. WHAT IS THE LATEST? THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR MONTHS TO COME UP WITH AN INCENTIVE PACKAGE. JUST A SHORT TIME AGO, SENATOR GAINES SAID, WITH JUST A FEW

A 29-year-old Vallejo woman and her live-in boyfriend say kidnappers entered their house in the middle of the night last week, abducted the woman and held her for ransom before releasing her two days later. Police are skeptical.